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U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division run through pre-jump mock door training and landings before boarding C-17 Globemaster III's and C-130 Hercules in preparation for or a night airdrop on a Fort Bragg, N.C., drop zone, Oct. 21, 2008. The airdrop is part of an integrated joint Army and Air Force training operation known as Joint Forcible Entry Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 21, 2008.

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U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division run through pre-jump mock door training and landings before boarding C-17 Globemaster III's and C-130 Hercules in preparation for or a night airdrop on a Fort Bragg, N.C., drop zone, Oct. 21, 2008. The airdrop is part of an integrated joint Army and Air Force training operation known as Joint Forcible Entry Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 21, 2008.

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